Tray holder for record-cards



1. A.. KIMBALL.

TRAY HOLDER FOR RECORD CARDS. APPLICATION man MAY24,19'20.

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2 SHEETS-'snmp ATTO ITNESS n RN EY J. A. KIMBALL.

TRAY HOLDER FDR RECORD CARDS. nrrllcmou man .MAY 24,-19`2o.

1,372,5 1 6. Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2* m Jjmw JAKWM wxTNEssES MTORNEY UNITED STATES' PAT JOHN A. KIIVIBLALL, OF TAYLORVILLE, ILLINOIS.

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VApplication` filed May 24, 1920. j, Serial No. 383,846.`

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Jol-1N A. KIMBALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Taylorville, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tray Holders for Record-Cards, of which the following 1s a specification. i

This invention relates to :tiling devices and has for its obj ect the provision of a tray and binder or holder for holding a plurality of record cards, the binder being bodily removable from the tray for storage within a vault or safe if desired and being ordinarily maintained in separated position so as 'to permit ready access to the record` cards or sheets, the device being very handy and labor saving in use as well as extremely simple and inexpensive in manufacture, and consequently an improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists 1n the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the acfcompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the tray,

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the tray with the binder therein in open position,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation with the binder in closed position,

Fig. fi is a perspective view of the binder alone in collapsed position,

Fig. 5 is an elevation of a plurality of the binders in superposed position ready for storage, and

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of one of' the binders.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, thenumeral 10 designates the tray as a whole. This tray includes ends 11, an inclined back wall 12, an inclined front wall 13, and a bottom 14:. Secured upon the in ner faces of the ends 11 are plates 15 which project above the upper edges and which have their rear edges inclined, and parallel with the back wall 12 of the tray.

The binder or holder for the cards to be kept in comprises a back plate 16, abottom 17, ends 18, and a front 19 pivoted between the sides 18 adjacent the end 17, this pivot point being shownat 20. The width of the sides is the same as the distance between the rear edges of the tray plates 15 and the specification pf Leners Patent.

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v18 of the binderwill be engaged between the platesl and the back wall 12 which will result in holding the binder immovable.

In. the use ofthe devicethe cards or record sheets of any character which it is de sired to keep and have access to, are placed within the binder between the back 16 thereof and the hinged front 19, it being understood that the sides 18 are engaged between the rear edges of theplates 15 and the back 12 of the tray. When it is desired to inspect the `cards or other sheets it is then merely necessary that the operator grasp the front 19 and swing it into engagement with the inclined front wall 13 of the tray whereupon `any of the cards may be examined. It is to be observed that the front plate 19 is preferably formed with depressions near its end portions to facilitate handling of the binder. When it is not desired to inspect the cards the plate 19 may be swung into engagement with the cards so as to exclude dust and dirt. It will also be noted that if desired, the binder may be readily removed bodily fromthe tray and that a plurality of them may be superposed or stacked, as shpwn in Fig. 5, for storage in a vault or sa e.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings, it will be apparent that I have thus provided a simply con* structed inexpensive and easily handled device whereby cards .may be kept in a readily accessible condition, the device being there fore an appreciable time and labor saver.

While I have shown and Idescribed the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is of course to be understoodthat I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim;

1. In combination, a trayincluding in clined front and back walls, a bottom, end walls, and plates carried upon the inner faces of the end walls, and a binder disposable within said tray and including rigidly connected back and side walls, and a pivoted front wall, the side walls being engageable between said plates and the back wall of the tray.` j

2. In combination, a tray having front and back walls, end walls and plates secured upon the inner faces of the end walls and having'their rear edges in spaced parallel relation to said back Wall; and av binder back, sides secured to the back, and a hinged vfront, the sides of the binder` being engageable between the edges of said plates and the back Wall of the tray, and the hinged front of the binder being freely movable between said plates.

3. In combination, a tray including in- 1.0

idly connected back and side walls and a 15 pivoted front Wall.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN A. KIMBALL. 

